Scrap iron drive fuels Texas war effort led by Sol Hoffman
The article highlights Sol Hoffman of Comanche as a leading scrap iron dealer supplying material for World War II. It notes 42 loaded cars, 2,598,970 pounds shipped, $12,831.14 paid to date, and broader county efforts led by figures like M Hoff man Dublin A E Boyd Sidney H H Lockridge and Dr F Denny.
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Texas
Sol Hoffman
Coman
David Durham
Hoffman's
Comanche
Coryell
Erath
Pearl Harbor
M. Hoffman
Dublin
Washington
Coryell Comanche
Hamilton County
A. E. Boyd
Sidney
H. H. Lockridge
W. C. House
F. Denny
Chamber of Commerce
WPA
C. R. Nichols
Santa Fe
Shorty Edmondson
Hoffman
Comanche County Junior Livestock Show Set For March 9
The 1944 Annual Junior Livestock Show will be March 9 sponsored by the Comanche County Livestock Association for Comanche County FFA and 4 H youths. Breeding stock entries will be judged with ribbons awarded. Cash prizes total over a hundred dollars. breeders invited to exhibit.
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Ounty
Comanche County Livelock Association
Comancheounty Ffa
Comanchery
Comanche County
C. M
Ibin
Walter Barret
Ccomanche
M. Caraway
A. H. Caraway
de Leon
L. Barrest
Comyn
Calvin Holcomb
Higginbotham Brothers and Company Leaders Highlight War Efforts
A report from Comanche praises Higginbotham Brothers & Company for supporting the war effort, noting many former employees serving in the Armed Forces and the firm’s compliance with government regulations. T. J. Williams has led the Comanche store since establishment, with a wide roster of officers and directors spanning Comanche, Dallas, Ballinger, Stephenville, and De Leon.
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Gginbotham Brothers & Comany
Qd Membe
Hiewinbotham
Te E
T. J. Williams
Presit
Comanche
R. W. Higgin, Jr
Dale R. T. Williams
Ballinger
H. H. Williams
C. P. Clair
Chas. Clarke
Alster
A. P. Cox
Offland
J. M. Higginbotham
Dallas
S. Gess
J. M. Higgin, Jr
Paul Higgins
Stephenville
T. H. Wil de Leon
Joseph Higgin
Rufus Higgin
J. Lanham Hig
Lamkin Man T Brandt Seeks Commissioner Post
F T Brandt of Lamkin announces as a candidate for Commissioner of Precinct No. 3. He previously served as precinct commissioner from 1934 to 1938 and urges voters to consider his four years service and standing among neighbors.
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F. T. Brandt
Lamkin
Kibler Visits Relative in San Angelo
G H Kibler visited her relative in San Angelo over the weekend, according to local notes.
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G. H. Kibler
San Angelo
Donations Sought For Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive
Comanche Lions Club members will lead a fundraising drive for the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis in Comanche County. Committees will visit businesses and residents to raise funds to treat at least one case, with donations payable to the Infantile Chapter or The Chief. The drive runs through January 30 but continues indefinitely to gather as much support as possible.
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
Comanche
Lions Club
Comanche County
W. Z. Compton
Lion
Compton
Carpenter
National Foundation
City Grocery Burglarized. suspect held for questioning
City Grocery and Market was burglarized Monday night according to owners Mr and Mrs Claude Coker. The thief pried bars and broke a rear window to enter and took canned goods cheese flour sugar cigarettes and cookies along with some pennies from the cash drawer. Officers are investigating and one suspect is being questioned.
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City Grocery & Market
Claude Coker
Ed Williams bids for Justice of Peace in Precinct 1
Ed Williams announces this week his candidacy for Justice of Peace in Precinct No 1. He states he is well qualified for the office and asks voters to consider him carefully. His name will appear in next week’s regular announcement column.
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E. A
Henry Schoen Returns From Pacific War Hero
Henry Schoen, veteran of the South Pacific, is back in Priddy after an Army discharge. He spent most of 14 months overseas with the 169th Division and saw heavy action in New Georgia. He says he accounted for at least five Japanese with rifles at close range and recovered from shell shock while praising his unit and fellow Comanche soldier Carl Stewart.
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Henry Schoen
Pacific
Army
New Zealand
Schoen
Priddy
South Pacific
169Th
Comanche
New Georgia
Carl Stewart
Stewart
G M Grady Hutchins Seeks Commissioner Post
G M Grady Hutchins of Sidney announces candidacy for Commissioner of Precinct No 1 in the Democratic primaries. He has spent most of his life in Comanche County and cites years of county road work as his reference. If elected, he pledges to strive for a good officer.
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G. M
Grady) Hutchins
Sidney
Hutchins
Comanche County
Mr. Hutchins
Meat stamps expire Saturday for various foods
Brown stamps good for cheese fats meats canned fish and canned milk will expire Saturday January 29.
War Bond Rally Set for February 8 in Comanche
A War Bond rally will be held on February 8 on the courthouse square in Comanche from 9 30 a m to noon. A 48 piece band from the 197th Headquarters Third Army Infantry Camp Bowie will perform with two Howitzer Platoons. An effort is under way to secure a prominent speaker. Pfc Alvis Ray Wilson of Camp Polk La visited his parents Mr and Mrs C C Wilson in the Board Church community.
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Comanche
Courthouse Square
197Th Headquarters
Third Army Infantry
Camp Bowie
Pfc
Alvis Ray Wilson
Camp Polk
C. C. Wilson
Board Church
Farmers urged to buy war bonds in Fourth War Loan
Comanche County farmers are urged to meet or exceed quotas for the Fourth War Loan Drive. The notice lists community-specific goals and named local farmers and residents with their bond target amounts, urging cooperation with the community chairman and to invest until it hurts.
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Comanche County
Comanche
de Leon
Ira
Clemens
Tate
Newburg
R. E. Seay
Gustine
Otis Petsick
Hasse
Jim Williford
Harmony
Z. T. Edwards
Mercer Gap
T. N
Rock) Williams
Miss Estelle Reese Takes Fort Worth Dallas Shopping Spree
Miss Estelle Reese of Reese Palmer Ladies Ready To Wear spent two days this week buying Spring and Summer merchandise and fill in Winter items for her store in Fort Worth and Dallas.
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Estelle Reese
Reese~ Palmer Ladies
Fort Worth
Dallas
Local Fur Trade Volume Tops $25 000 In Two Months
Burton Bros. of Comanche County bought more than twenty five thousand dollars in furs over the last two months. Opossum hides led with about six thousand sold at roughly forty eight cents each, while skunks topped five thousand at about one fifty per fur. Raccoons and gray fox followed with multiple hundred skins each. Mink brought ten dollars a pelt, civet cats averaged fifty cents, and around a thousand civet cats were handled in total. Monday January 31 is the final day to pay poll tax to qualify as a 1944 voter and to avoid interest on property taxes. mail payments postmarked January 31 are accepted.
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Comanche County
Burton Bros
Comanche
Bob Burton
Burton
P. A. Pettit
Signers Wanted For Blood Drive in Comanche
Only 79 volunteers have signed up in Comanche to donate blood for the Red Cross Blood Bank. A minimum of 170 donors is needed before the tank can operate locally. Sign up at any drug store or Edmondson's Shoe Shop. Meanwhile De Leon reports 250 already signed up to donate blood.
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Comanche
Red Cross Blood Bank
Red Cross
Edmondson
de Leon
Alton McCamey Announces Candidacy for Commissioner
A. M. Alton McCamey, a 39 year old Proctor merchant, announced Thursday his candidacy for Commissioner of Precinct No. 3. A native of Comanche County, he has lived in the Gustine and Board Church community and moved to Proctor nine years ago to run a grocery business. He is married with three children including Earl Ray McCamey in the Navy at Morehead Kentucky. He has not held office before and asks voters to consider him, promising to serve efficiently if elected.
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A. M.alton McCamey
Proctor
Mr. McCamey
Comanche County
Lved
Gustine and Board Church
Earl Ray McCamey
Morehead
Kentucky
L S Bell Buys Station and Cafe
L S Bell formerly of Dublin has bought the T P Station and Cafe three blocks east of the Comanche square on Fort Worth Highway. He advertises 24 hour service after remodeling the cafe and station.
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L. S. Bell
Dublin
T P
Comanche Square
Fort Worth
Mrs Howell and White Families Visit in Stephenville
Mrs Sam Howell and Mr and Mrs Floyd White with their daughter Ronda visited in Stephenville on Sunday.
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Sam Howell
Floyd White
Ronda
Stephenville
Proctor Basketball Tourney Opens With 11 Girls Teams
The Proctor Basketball Tournament began last night with 11 girls teams and 9 boys teams entered. Games continue Friday night and Saturday afternoon, with finals Saturday night per Perry Moring, the Proctor superintendent.
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Proctor
Perry Moring
Local Salesmen Join WPB Tin Can Salvage Drive
Nine hundred Curtiss Candy Company salesmen are cooperating with the WPB to salvage tin cans. They distribute counter cards window stickers and pamphlets to dealers during calls to more than 150 000 food and confectionery outlets in 13 Midwestern states. The effort aims to save cans used for war supplies including torpedoes ships tanks airplanes and radar detectors.
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Curtiss Candy Company
WPB
Jimmy Tucker
Texas
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Williams For Justice of Peace
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Pettit
R. J. Bean
Dave Truett
P. B. Gray
Sipe Springs
Jack Whitesides
Buffalo
W. FE. Loudermilk
van Dyke
W. J. Fritts
Mt. Pleasant
J. M. McGinnis
Fairview
Jim Godfrey
Soda Springs
A. E. Vineyard
Cotton Grove
Riley Hilliard
Energy
C. Pettit
Hazel Dell
W. J. Westfall
Wilson
J. A. Barrett
Indian Creek
Brady York
Shiloh
Paul Brewer
White Point
J. C. Helm
Shrum
Homer Smith
Coke Stevenson
A. M. Alton McCamey
New Majestic
Bill Boyd
Comrades
Wally Brown
Alan Carney
Evelyn Keyes
Tom Neal
Margo
Billy Boyd
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